Webinars and Special Reports

		Beginning March 1, 2010, businesses will be required to safeguard personal information about Massachusetts residents under a “written information security program.” Similar requirements exist in other states around the country, although those requirements generally are not as comprehensive as those becoming effective in the Bay state. This webinar is designed to help employers become compliant. The program will cover (i) the emergence of data security mandates across the country, (ii) the Massachusetts approach to data security – breach notification, data destruction, and the nuts and bolts of the identity theft/data security regulations, and (iii) best practices when creating a “written information security program.” View Complimentary Webinar »
		Regardless of location, the playing field of employment law changes almost daily and the challenges employers face are becoming more and more demanding. When you add the “California factor” to the equation, the obstacles facing employers are innumerable. It is absolutely critical employers stay up to date on recent employment-related court decisions and legislation and then analyze the impact to their specific workplace. This comprehensive webinar has been designed to help employers gain a complete update on the latest employment law developments and to learn solutions for the most pressing workplace issues. View Complimentary Webinar »
		The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), one of the most significant proposals for the revision of labor law in over 60 years, would make it much easier for unions to organize by effectively eliminating NLRB secret ballot elections. EFCA would force companies to accept binding arbitration of first contracts with newly formed unions. With a new President and new Congress ready to change the scope of labor law as we know it, the Employee Free Choice Act could become law in 2009. Our webinar will help employers, management staff and human resources professionals understand EFCA’s likely provisions and implications. View Complimentary Webinar »
		The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which has long been a source of litigation and confusion in the workplace, has undergone major changes for the first time in its 15-year history. On November 17, 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released revised FMLA regulations, detailed in more than 750 pages, clarifying FMLA rights and obligations for employers and employees. The new regulations address employee rights to leave for family and medical reasons, as well as military family leave, under FMLA Amendments enacted earlier this year. Among other changes, the new rules, which took effect on January 16, 2009, revise FMLA leave forms and procedures and enhance the remedies employees may seek for FMLA violations. View Complimentary Webinar »
		Multiemployer pension plans are now at historic levels of underfunding. Underfunding can create employer liabilities in several forms, including increased contribution obligations under the Pension Protection Act (“PPA”) and withdrawal liability under the Multiemployer Pension Protection Act (“MPPAA”). These liabilities can be both unanticipated and catastrophic. Plan trustees and administrators are increasingly aggressive in pursuing claims for delinquent contributions and claims for withdrawal liabilities. Thus, the need to understand the nature of liabilities associated with multiemployer plans and to develop an action plan to deal with potential effects of those obligations on your business has never been greater. This webinar introduces employers to the various liabilities associated with multiemployer plans and related bargaining obligations and to basic strategies in dealing with their effect on a business. View Complimentary Webinar »
		Employers across the country are working hard to respond to employee concerns about the spread of the H1N1 virus—otherwise known as “swine flu”—and reviewing their contingency plans to ensure continued operations and workplace safety during an influenza pandemic or other emergency situation. Employer obligations under existing federal, state and local laws are not always obvious, however, and compliance can become even more complicated when employers are faced with unexpected health and safety threats. Click here to view a lively, “one-stop-shop” webinar hosted by four Jackson Lewis Partners with a wide range of expertise and receive up-to-the-minute practical information and advice regarding what your company should do today to respond to the ongoing outbreak and prepare for a possible second wave of H1N1 influenza virus and future pandemics. View Complimentary Webinar »
		The current political, social, and economic climate demands increased accountability, integrity, and transparency in the way the federal government conducts business. With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”), the federal government will spend a significant amount of money contracting with private companies to complete the work outlined in the economic stimulus plan. These government contracts are subject to strict compliance and ethics requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”). View Complimentary Webinar »
		With the change in administration, health care employers should expect to see a more active OSHA on both enforcement and regulatory initiatives. This webinar will discuss OSHA’s recently revised Field Operations Manual and what health care employers should do now to prepare for enhanced OSHA enforcement. It will also discuss what policy initiatives OSHA has recently issued that impact the health care industry and what to expect from OSHA in the next few years. Join us for this special look at OSHA and the health care industry. View Complimentary Webinar »
		Within his first ten days in office, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law and issued three pro-labor Executive Orders. Join us for a lively and informative discussion of how these developments change the legal landscape and what steps employers should take now to protect themselves. We’ll also look forward and discuss what legislative initiatives hang in the balance and what they mean for your organization. View Complimentary Webinar »
		The recent federal subsidy of COBRA premiums provided for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will affect every employer that sponsors a group health plan for employees and has terminated or laid off an employee on or after September 1, 2008. Employers will have to act quickly to comply with new COBRA notice requirements and to properly coordinate payroll tax and COBRA administration. View Complimentary Webinar »
		The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations (OCABR) announced on November 4, 2009, the filing of final identity theft/data security regulations with the Secretary of State’s office, the final step before the regulations take effect on March 1, 2010. Many businesses are now beginning to think about what they need to do to comply. View Complimentary Special Report »
		Over the past months, the media has been fixated on concussions in professional football players. Some of the NFL’s top players have recently been sidelined for concussions sustained on the playing field. On December 4, 2009, the “Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2009” or “ConTACT Act” was introduced in the U.S. Senate. If passed, it will require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop federal concussion management guidelines within two years. For professional sports franchises, colleges, universities, and even school systems across the country, this is the perfect storm. If these organizations do not take steps now to implement strong, aggressive measures to protect athletes, history shows the federal government may step in to require they take measures that they may be reluctant to implement. View Complimentary Special Report »
		The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which has long been a source of litigation and confusion in the workplace, has undergone major changes for the first time in its 15-year history. On November 17, 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released revised FMLA regulations, detailed in more than 750 pages, clarifying FMLA rights and obligations for employers and employees. The new regulations address employee rights to leave for family and medical reasons, as well as military family leave under FMLA Amendments enacted earlier this year. In this "Special Report" on the new FMLA regulations, members of the Jackson Lewis Disability, Leave & Health Management Practice Group summarize the major changes to the new regulations. Order Special Report »
		Regardless of whether the Ninth Circuit upholds its 2007 decision in the historic Wal-Mart v. Dukes class action, the position staked out by the EEOC in its amicus brief filed with the federal appeals court should give employers cause for concern. According to the EEOC, class-wide punitive damages can be determined by a jury in Title VII pattern or practice cases and back pay determinations may be made without individualized hearings when appropriate. If the Ninth Circuit or another court agrees with the EEOC, many employers could lose their ability to defend individual employment decisions in large class actions with evidence of wrongdoing turning on company-wide statistics. Jackson Lewis has prepared this Special Report to provide clients with a clear understanding of the EEOC’s position, as well as strategic advice regarding what employers can do now to avoid costly and burdensome class action litigation and EEOC enforcement actions. View Complimentary Special Report »
		The current political, social, and economic climate demands increased accountability, integrity, and transparency in the way the federal government conducts business. With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”), the federal government will spend a significant amount of money contracting with private companies to complete the work outlined in the economic stimulus plan. These government contracts are subject to strict compliance and ethics requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”). View Complimentary Special Report »
		Proposing sweeping changes to its regulations and interpretive guidance under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the September 23, 2009 Federal Register to implement the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA” or “ADA Amendments Act”). View Complimentary Special Report »